From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 10 05:35:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D73BE16A401 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 05:35:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from duane@greenmeadow.ca) Received: from smtpout.eastlink.ca (smtpout.eastlink.ca [24.222.0.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66AA543D49 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 05:35:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from duane@greenmeadow.ca) Received: from ip03.eastlink.ca ([24.222.10.15]) by mta01.eastlink.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.03 (built Sep 22 2005)) with ESMTP id <0IZ1005S0BH922C1@mta01.eastlink.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 10 May 2006 02:34:21 -0300 (ADT) Received: from blk-224-199-230.eastlink.ca (HELO [192.168.0.103]) ([24.224.199.230]) by ip03.eastlink.ca with ESMTP; Wed, 10 May 2006 02:35:02 -0300 Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 02:34:08 -0300 From: Duane Whitty In-reply-to: To: Nikolas Britton Message-id: <44617B50.1060301@greenmeadow.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAA+k= References: <4461329E.5030507@greenmeadow.ca> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060503) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Understanding The FreeBSD Version Labels [RFC] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 05:35:03 -0000 Nikolas Britton wrote: > On 5/9/06, Duane Whitty wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've written an article trying to explain the FreeBSD version labels, >> CURRENT, STABLE, and RELEASE. This article, of course, is >> aimed at newcomers to FreeBSD. >> >> The article is here >> http://www.dwlabs.ca/fbsd-releases >> >> For anyone who can time find to read it I would appreciate any >> comments, feedback. constructive criticism, etc. >> > > "Branch tag for FreeBSD 6.0 > RELENG_6_0 > So, FreeBSD 6.0 was officially released. At the time this happened it > was decided, after > a lot of testing and other quality control procedures, that the code > in 6-STABLE should > be turned into a release. But since FreeBSD is a very complex piece > of software it is > inevitable that eventually a security issue would need to be addressed > or some other > critical issue would need to be fixed. That is what this branch of > development is for. > It used as the spot in the source archive for only critical fixes and > items which address > security issues. This model ensures that officially released FreeBSD > versions contain > only the most reliable of code while still having bugs and security > issues fixed." > > What about errata fix branches, they are not limited to just critical > and security fixes? > > Also update the doc, change 6.0 to 6.1. > > > > > -- > BSD Podcasts @: > http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ > http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Hi Nikolas, Thanks for all the feedback and for taking the time to do so. I have made extensive changes to this article. For any interested parties it can still be viewed at http://www.dwlabs.ca/fbsd-releases Sincerely, Duane Whitty -- duane@greenmeadow.ca or duane@dwlabs.ca